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- 01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
(both MBA 2015) heard from Keith Alaniz, a fellow officer stationed in Afghanistan, about a farmer there who was concerned about having too few markets for the saffron he was growing. The trio, inspired by the man’s determination to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
resellers, while 35 percent become feedstock for companies making recycled products—old wool sweaters become new ones, or last year’s fashions become tomorrow’s couch-cushion stu ng. The market for recycled materials is widening, Bolon... View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
payments to its pension fund and drawn down all the fund’s cash until there was nothing left but a $50 billion unfunded liability. Capital markets had deemed the island an unacceptable risk. “They had lost access to traditional capital,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
of 45 students to join Arthur Segel, the Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice; Sophus Reinert, the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration; and Dante Roscini, the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Action Plan: Wild at Heart
At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
really are shooting for zero defects, but if you don't have some failures, you're probably not taking enough risk." When asked to share his proudest achievement, Kennedy looks instead to the career of his wife, Karen, who enrolled in medical school at the age of 37 and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
“Here’s a smart guy who had an actual home inspection, so why didn’t he have visibility that these systems were about to fail on him?” It’s standard practice in commercial transactions, and there also are capital reserve requirements for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Former Dean Kim Clark established the Global Initiative in 1996 to encourage deeper understanding of and engagement with innovative management practices around the world. Nearly three decades later, more than half of HBS cases published... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
conversation. Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What’s this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
innovations that will move the School forward. I’m a big believer that you are never too old to learn new things. So I’ve made a practice of going back to my notes at the end of each week to see and reflect on what I have learned.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
the world in the same way. Understanding those who don’t agree with you is time-consuming and takes real effort. Some have said that this may require achieving a degree of empathy with those folks. A more practical and palatable phrase... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Susan Young READ MORE Julia Hanna: Gwill York’s (MBA 1984) parents were determined that their daughter would be practical and self-sufficient. As it turns out, they didn’t have to push too hard. At the age of nine, York started driving... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
secret,” she says. “I’ve spent the last 15 years in Africa really trying to not only unlock the agricultural and food potential on the continent, but also to enable our enterprises to scale.” Sahel Consulting provides strategy consulting support, View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
resources beyond his current control to pull the project together. He successfully raced to get TV Guide's TV Game distributed to both high-end and discount retailers (priced accordingly) in time for Christmas 1984—and just ahead of View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
communication (Altiostar). “I look at where customers are and where they will be three to five years from now,” he says simply. “I try to be objective and analytical as I look for market and technological discontinuities,” he adds, noting... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
Colgate–Palmolive, Product Manager 1991 Named SVP of Marketing and Product Development, Converse 1994 Joins Core Strategy Group, Partner 1996 Named President, Keds 2002 Launches Strategic Grant Partners 2013 SGP has granted more than $40... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War
candidate for a World Bank Scholarship to attend business school at Harvard. "That is not an easy opportunity to refuse," Hoa notes. With her background in communist theory and difficulty with English, Hoa found her first year at HBS a struggle. "I had no View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)